Girl Grappling Gear Grief :/

**edtang** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 12:20pm

Just out of curiosity, because I've been designated as one of the go-to guys in our school to drill and roll with female students for some reason, what exactly is this boob lock you're referring to?

**Anna Kovacs** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 12:29pm

See also: Purple Nurple.

Actually is probably just arms getting locked around chest in just the right (wrong?) way and squishing the boobies. It's not pleasant but if necessary most girls will just let you know while rolling and let you reposition. Obviously you don't want to go out of your way to crush boobs but imo you shouldn't let it influence how you roll to much. Worst I ever really get is sometimes when people get into side control they'll smoosh things that don't want to be smooshed.

**edtang** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 12:34pm

Gotcha. No, i'm definitely not letting up or doing things in an inferior way just because I'm rolling with a woman, just aiming to be mindful and courteous.

**crawford** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 2:00pm

Originally Posted by AnnaTrocity

See also: Purple Nurple.

Actually is probably just arms getting locked around chest in just the right (wrong?) way and squishing the boobies. It's not pleasant but if necessary most girls will just let you know while rolling and let you reposition. Obviously you don't want to go out of your way to crush boobs but imo you shouldn't let it influence how you roll to much. Worst I ever really get is sometimes when people get into side control they'll smoosh things that don't want to be smooshed.

as opposed to boob-a-gatame: the use of the boob, for those well endowed women, to suffocate their opponents.

**Anna Kovacs** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 2:26pm

We're trying to hurt people. Not make them really happy.

**Lilly** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 3:34pm

Originally Posted by AnnaTrocity

Actually is probably just arms getting locked around chest in just the right (wrong?) way and squishing the boobies.

That's my issue. Not well-endowed really, but when they're squished/pulled inadvertently to one side with pressure on them - yikes! I noticed the first time when I was practicing with one of the instructors at the gym I train at. He's an older guy and so it's comfortable to practice with him because he knows what he's doing and he doesn't go soft on me or make me feel dumb for not knowing stuff. We were practicing wrist locks using body weight to manipulate the wrist in kuzuri kesa gatame and kesa gatame. I noticed later when rolling that side control can also be an issue sometime ^.^;

What exactly do you use, Anna? Is it just a thicker sport's bra? I was looking at one of the sports bras that was linked on the thread earlier (not sure which link, I bookmarked the thread to come back to when it's shopping time lol). It was a black one that looked like a normal sports bra and I think was only $30 or so. It said you could use the turtle things, but didn't need to. I was thinking too of wearing a padded bra under a thicker sports bra. Just wondering what works best for you?

Thanks again to everyone for all the help!

<3

Lilly

**Mr.Miyagi** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 9:04pm

When my girlfriend was first getting into grappling (which was short-lived due to distance to training and money costs) she found a nice cross-backed sports bra, a larger bra over the top and she used those weird boob-fillet things you can get in underwear stores to make some padding for them, then her rashie and just a shirt over that.

I thought it was a bit excessive, but she found it a lot more comfortable. But this was no-gi, also.

**Anna Kovacs** · Posted On: 1/12/2010 9:52pm

Originally Posted by Lilly

What exactly do you use, Anna?

Lilly

Basically this style of thin relatively rigid plastic shield. Not sure if mine is exactly the same but imagine they're all pretty similar.

Mine was second hand, just the shield, imagine they make special bras to hold them if you look but i get by just by putting on one sports bra then another over top of it and sliding the shield between them.

It's light, functional, and unobtrusive.

**Vector** · Posted On: 1/13/2010 6:40am

My wife uses the Cool Guard Sports Bra with inserts. Very similiar to the Turtle Shells, but she finds the Cool Guard to be more comfortable when grappling/throwing.

http://www.titlemma.com/sf_678/c_675/p_FSCG+A+BK.aspx

Just thought I would throw that in.

**XXIV** · Posted On: 1/21/2010 9:14am

I also want to chime in if it's not too late since I also have da' female anatomy:

I play ice hockey with a shock doctor compression short w/ a women's jill (pelvic protector) in the front pocket. If you fit into a normal woman's size, you can get them as complete packages. If not, you can buy a jill and a pair of male shorts and swap out the cup. Reebok also makes them. If you go this route, you may want to buy a non hockey compression short that holds a jill or cup, since hockey shorts have velcro tabs to hold up knit socks. Where I work (Play It Again Sports), the whole thing is about 40 bucks.

It's really not apparent you have one on either, and impact there is no problem for rolling or sparring. I don't know if they're technically tournament legal or anything. However, I can attest to taking several pucks and slashings off of my crotch, so that should give you some indication that it works.